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Liberty Bell (1753)

• Location: Independence Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

• Cast: John Pass and John Stow

"Proclaim Liberty Throughout All the Land Unto All the Inhabitants thereof."

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Independence Hall

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Mount Rushmore

• Location: South Dakota

• Sculpture: Borglum• Presidents:

Washington, Jefferson, T. Roosevelt, Lincoln

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Statue of Liberty (1886)

• Location: Liberty Island, New York

• Sculptor: Bartholdi• Gift from France

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US Flag• 50 starts- (50 states)• 13 stripes

(represents the 13 original colonies)

• Colors: – White- purity– Red- valour– Blue- justice

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Uncle Sam

• Personification of the American government

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Bald Eagle• Boundless spirit of

freedom• Strong and powerful• Long- life• Great strength• Majestic look

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National Tree: Oak

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National flower: Rose

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Washington Monument

• Washington, DC

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Capitol Building

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The Great Seal of the US

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• If you look on the front of the bill, you will see the United States Treasury Seal. Although some claims have been made that the scales represent the need for a balanced budget, the Treasury Department has little to do with whether the budget is balanced, since that is actually handled by congress. The U.S. Treasury Department indicates that the balancing scales actually represent justice. In the center, some people believe there is a carpenter's T-square, a tool used for an even cut. But that image is actually a chevron with 13 stars representing the 13 original colonies. Underneath is a key that is intended to represent a symbol of authority

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• ANNUIT COEPTIS, means "God has favored our undertaking." It was• NOVUS ORDO

SECLORUM, "a new order for the world." • Roman Numeral for

1776.

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• "E PLURIBUS UNUM“ (Out of many, One)

• olive branch- peace• Arrows- war

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Abraham Lincoln

• Lincoln Memorial

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Alexander Hamilton

US Treasury

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Andrew Jackson

White House

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Ulysses S. Grant

Capitol

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Benjamin Franklin

Independence Hall

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William McKinley